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. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." welcome back! my guest tonight is the reigning king of jordan. welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii. (cheers and applause) thank you so much for being here again. i just wanted to let you know as an emissary of the united states our president, i know, was scheduled to meet with you today. (laughter) he was not doing a stupid t.v. show. (laughter) he was very busy with strategic-- meetings. (laughter) whoopi goldbergstan, i believe it is. >> i heard. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think
. >> commerce, education and-- um-- the um-- um-- >> okay, libya. president obama supported-- the uprising, correct? >> president obama wants to-- once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob! >> oops. >> jon: oh, right. that concludes our segment "mitt romney is the s.e.c.-luckiest dude on the planet." welcome back! my guest tonight is the reigning king of jordan. welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii....
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that's rampant in athens, and that's got toe -- actually, i have a sou soundbyte from the chamber of commerce about this. >> the rich are not getting richer. the tax measures that have been implemented over the last three years have hit all social classes, including the upper to middle class here in greece. we've seen property taxes that have been increased immensely. business taxation, unfortunately, is running at the moment at approximately 50% when you add the business tax, the dividend tax, including all the extraordinary taxation measures that have been implemented over the last two and a half years. so there isn't so much inequality as far as that side is concerned. >> yeah. and, you know, when we talk about greece, which is, you know, really a small part of the european union in a financial sense, tomorrow the spanish are handing down their budget. spain is a huge deal. they are at the epicenter of european financial crisis. you know, if they need money, you know, this is the contagion that could condition. >> it all has -- eventually it spills over to the united states and the financi
that's rampant in athens, and that's got toe -- actually, i have a sou soundbyte from the chamber of commerce about this. >> the rich are not getting richer. the tax measures that have been implemented over the last three years have hit all social classes, including the upper to middle class here in greece. we've seen property taxes that have been increased immensely. business taxation, unfortunately, is running at the moment at approximately 50% when you add the business tax, the...
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kaine: thank you, david, and it's great to be back with the fairfax chamber of commerce. seven years ago we talked about transportation, and right outside this building there wasn't a rail to dulles being built. i was very proud to work on those with you in my time as governor. we talked about education. during my time as governor, we put in place the largest bond package to expand our higher ed institutions in the history of the commonwealth, and now there's significant construction at both george mason and the northern virginia community college campuses and expanded preconsidered -- prekindergarten. we landed marquee companies hilton, volkswagen of north america, northrup gum monday announced they were coming to the neighborhood. we also won accolades as the best state for business every year of my four years as governor. i'm proud of those accomplishments, i'm proud that we did them together. but i'm especially proud that we did 'em in the midst of the worst e are session -- recession since the 1930s. today we're here because we have a senate to be fixed. we've got to
kaine: thank you, david, and it's great to be back with the fairfax chamber of commerce. seven years ago we talked about transportation, and right outside this building there wasn't a rail to dulles being built. i was very proud to work on those with you in my time as governor. we talked about education. during my time as governor, we put in place the largest bond package to expand our higher ed institutions in the history of the commonwealth, and now there's significant construction at both...
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(johnson) "we've had &prelaaively few problems in and we're very confident that - as a chamber of commerce, as a community, as public safety, this incident or aa incident like ttis will not repeatt itself." no one has been arrested in connectionwith the shooting. buttpoliie are now reviewing pecurity videe at the mall's parkkng garage. convicted killer george huguely is appealing his convic. conviction.his attorneys filee the appeal, yesteeday morning. huguely was convvcted earlier murder nd grand larceny... in lacrosse player yearrley love.-3 she was founddddad in her apartment ...weeks prior to graduation in may 2010.last huguely to 23 years in prison for the crimes. torrey smith has aanounced funeral arrangements... for his younger brother.20 year-ood tevii jones ied over the weekend... in a motoorycle accident.his funeral wiil be held saturday at noon....in virginia...in lieu of ...--3 flowers... the family iss asking for donatioos to the tevin jones memorial scholarship fund... care of the bbltimore ravens at one winning drivv owings mmlls, maryland 2-1-1-1-77 &pcarroll county could b
(johnson) "we've had &prelaaively few problems in and we're very confident that - as a chamber of commerce, as a community, as public safety, this incident or aa incident like ttis will not repeatt itself." no one has been arrested in connectionwith the shooting. buttpoliie are now reviewing pecurity videe at the mall's parkkng garage. convicted killer george huguely is appealing his convic. conviction.his attorneys filee the appeal, yesteeday morning. huguely was convvcted...
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a new survey from ibm smarter commerce found online purchases of home-related goods took priority over back-to-school spending for families at the end of the summer. sales were up 30% in july from last year, up 26% in august for home-related items. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report the uptick is also helping mom and pop hardware stores and big boxes like home depot. >>> barnes and noble rolling out two new verges of its nook tab -- versions of its nook tablet. they have a sharper high def screen. the new nook hd will come in two sizes. a 7-inch screen starting at 199 bucks and the new 9-inch scoop called the nook hd plus starting at $269. the tablets are available for preorder online and in stores beginning tomorrow. they begin shipping in late october and arriving in stores in early november. >>> do you think you need coffee more than the average joe? let's see how your profession ranks? dunkin donuts and career builder teamed up to determine which professions feel more productive at work when they drink coffee. this is just in time for national coffee day. your time is coming, mi
a new survey from ibm smarter commerce found online purchases of home-related goods took priority over back-to-school spending for families at the end of the summer. sales were up 30% in july from last year, up 26% in august for home-related items. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report the uptick is also helping mom and pop hardware stores and big boxes like home depot. >>> barnes and noble rolling out two new verges of its nook tab -- versions of its nook tablet. they have a...
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the commerce department reported median home prices are at highest level since 2007. august's 17% year-over-year leap is the biggest for the howing market since september of 2004. however new home sales did slide. worries of global growth in europe sent oil prices tumbling 1 1/2% settling below $90 for the first time in august. just as the president of iran wraps up his visit to the u.n. here in new york, a new investigation reveals that the largest oil trading firm in the world is buying and selling iranian oil practically at will. what about the sanctions imposed by both the u.s. and the european union? are they worth the paper they're even written on? i'm joined by stuart holiday, former ambassador to the u.n. and president and ceo of meridian international center. thank you so much for joining us, ambassador. we appreciate it. >> thank you. melissa: this story is really amazing. there were a bunch of fantastic reporters over at reuters who dug this up and they were able to track this oil that was sold by iran to vitale, which is a swiss company. they did everythin
the commerce department reported median home prices are at highest level since 2007. august's 17% year-over-year leap is the biggest for the howing market since september of 2004. however new home sales did slide. worries of global growth in europe sent oil prices tumbling 1 1/2% settling below $90 for the first time in august. just as the president of iran wraps up his visit to the u.n. here in new york, a new investigation reveals that the largest oil trading firm in the world is buying and...
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commerce department releases new numbers for august home sales. analysts are expecting sales to increase by 380,000 homes. that's up from july when sales increased by 372,000 homes. so should we all be dancing in the streets? our business guru christine romans is here to tell us. hi, kristine. >> good morning, carol. so nice to put one or two or three months of good housing news back to back and report it to you. at 10:00 we'll get the new home sales, and you just give the forecasts. why new home sales are so important because a new house means construction workers, it means people pouring concrete, truck drivers. it means people making the windows and the material to go into it, and then it means couches and carpeting and all of the things that come with buying the furnishings for a new home. so every new home is a little economic driver incredibly important. existing homes, the used homes we buy and sell, that's the bulk of all home sales, those have been showing signs of life, too, carol. for three months in a row, the prices of existing homes
commerce department releases new numbers for august home sales. analysts are expecting sales to increase by 380,000 homes. that's up from july when sales increased by 372,000 homes. so should we all be dancing in the streets? our business guru christine romans is here to tell us. hi, kristine. >> good morning, carol. so nice to put one or two or three months of good housing news back to back and report it to you. at 10:00 we'll get the new home sales, and you just give the forecasts. why...
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we need to have pendulum swings for the shut down commerce don't dredge, shut down the traffic and shut down the barge traffic. there's got to be a happy medium you've got to communicate with them and the last two years i don't live along the missouri river how lever everybody i've talked to that does is it to be tied that our federal government and the corps of engineers has lost their mind. i would get in there come a deal with them and have a governor that stands up to the federal government and lack of common sense and the continuing rise of bureaucracy and regulation. i will fight tooth and nail to see what is best for the 5.9 million missourians. >> this will be the last question. will come from jeff inigo first to governor nixon treat stomach the foundation formula for public schools is complex and remains under funded. should it be overhauled, and if so, how to the estimate we have worked hard to work with a legislature in the changes they've made in the past as well as the methods that refund in the k-12 education. we will continue to put dollars there. last year at the beginni
we need to have pendulum swings for the shut down commerce don't dredge, shut down the traffic and shut down the barge traffic. there's got to be a happy medium you've got to communicate with them and the last two years i don't live along the missouri river how lever everybody i've talked to that does is it to be tied that our federal government and the corps of engineers has lost their mind. i would get in there come a deal with them and have a governor that stands up to the federal government...